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ILLUSTRATED SALINA 



THE FOREST CITY 



With Ha.f-tone .Lustrations made from photographs taken expressly forthe work 
by F. a. Lo 'mis, Salina, Kansas 

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States, will be rigidly protected. No objection will be made to parties represented herein using the cuts illustrating their individual concerns, in advertising their own 
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SALINA 

Situated in nearly the center of the State of Kansas, whose fair fame is world-wide, within two and 
one-quarter miles of the geographical center of the United States, where but a few decades ago was but a 
barren-waste, stands to-day the beautiful city of Salina, with a population of nearly 10,000 prosperous, 
happy and enterprising people. 

A city of commercial importance ; of luxurious homes and of enviable educational advantages ; 
thoroughly modern — gas, the incandescent and arc system of electric lighting, a complete system of 
water works, an efficient tire department with electrical tire-alarm, telephone service, the postal free delivery, 
and an electric street railway now building, at once impress the observer with the fact that Salina is at 
present in a highly prosperous condition and has a future of great promise. 

COMMERCIALLY 

Salina is the most important city in Central Kansas. Every line of retail trade is well represented 
by large and modern stores, while the splendid railroad facilities have attracted hither several extensive 
wholesale establishments, whose business extends throughout the West. 

HER M. I XI F. 1 ( 77 WING INTERESTS 



Are large and varied- flouring mills with a daily capacity of 1,200 barrels : elevators with a storage 
sapacity of 250.000 bushels ; a carriage factory, foundry, sash, door and blind factory, a large and well- 
equipped publishing house, and an extensive paper mill, being numbered among her industries. 

RA IL li OA D FA CIL I TIES 

Are ample. The lines of the Union Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the Chicago, Rock Island and 
Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Pe radiate in all directions, giving shipping facilities not ex- 
celled by any other point in the State. 



THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

Of Salina would compare favorably with those of many larger cities, the three National banks having 
a combined capital of $300,000, with total deposits of $776,410. 

The Salina National Bank (of which a cut of the interior is here shown), is one of the oldest and 
strongest banking institutions in the State of Kansas. It was established September 25, 1875, as the 
Salina Bank, by Dr. J. W. Morris of Leavenworth. Kansas, and was conducted by him as a private bank 
until July 25, 1886, when it was reorganized as a National bank. It has been a successful bank from the 
start, owing its prosperity in a great measure to the careful and conservative ideas and business methods 
of its principal owner, Dr. J. W. Morris, assisted by competent management in the bank. Its last state- 
ment as rendered to the Comptroller of the Currency, September 30, 1*92, shows, capital, surplus and 
undivided profits, $133,579 ; loans and discounts, $390,000 ; deposits, $426,410; total resources, $5*2,490. 
The officers of the bank are, J. W. Morris. President, Jas. G. Daniels, Vice-President, W. T. Welch. 
Cashier, P. D. Lockwood, Assistant Cashier. 

EDUCATIONAL. 



In addition to the excellent public schools, Salina possesses three colleges of the first-class, whose 
beautiful buildings, well-kept grounds and prosperous condition, tell a story of efficiency and worth which 
needs no further confirmation. 

The Salina Normal University, L. O. Thoroman, President, is a school for everybody; Christian, 
but non-sectarian. The teachers are selected with esjaecial reference to the work and each is a specialist 
in his department. All are teachers of experience and acknowledged ability and know the needs of 
students. This school is in a very prosperous condition and will shortly make extensive improvements, 
including the erection of another handsome building. 

St. John's Military School, under the direction of the Rt. Rev. E. S. Thomas, S. T. D., bishop of 
Kansas, and Walter M. Jay, M. A., head master, is the only military school in the State. The military 
system teaches order, good manners, neatness of dress and cleanliness of person, while the regular habits 
and abundant exercise firmly establish health of mind and body. Vail Hall, a magnificent stone and brick 
building, heated by steam, provides for seventy-five cadet boarders and contains school rooms, offices and 
parlors. A handsome, thoroughly equipped gymnasium and bowling alley has recently been erected. 



The school has four classes of study, Classical, Scientific, English and Commercial. Prepares for the 
best Eastern colleges. Terms are very reasonable and pupils may enter at any time. The military de- 
partment is under the supervision of a Captain of the U. S. A., and all cannons, guns, ammunition, etc., 
are furnished by the government of the United States. 

Kansas Wesleyan University, a school for both sexes. Aaron Schuyler, A. M., L. L. D., Presi- 
dent. Rev. M. M. Stolz, D. D.. Dean Finance. The departments are: Collegiate. Normal, Preparatory, 
Commercial. Musical. Fine Art ; courses of study. Classical, Philosophical and Scientific. 

Collegiate Department Three courses of study are offered in the College of Libei^al Arts, the 
Classical, the Philosophical and the Scientific. 

Normal Department —This department is especially designed for those preparing for teaching. 

Preparatory Department — This department is designed to prepare students for college. 

Commercial Department — The business course is thorough and practical, combining actual practice 
with theory. 

School of Music — The design of the School of Music is to furnish a complete musical education 
of a high grade. 

Fine Art— A carefully prepared course of instruction suited to the needs of the student. 

AS .1 HOME 



Salina is par excellence a residence city : her wide streets, beautifully shaded by magnificent trees, 
abundance of pure water, delightful climate, splendid educational advantages, cultured society, numerous 
church organizations and beautiful parks all contribute to make this; the "Forest City." one of the most 
desirable in the West as a home. 

TO COXCIJ-DE, 

During the years L886-7, as is well known: the great and far-reaching boom which swept 
like a wave over the entire West, started innumerable towns and cities into a feverish state of 
activity, only to leave them stranded high and dry when it receded a few years later, a depression from 
which many places are still suffering. It is a fact thai portends much that no traces of the depression are 
to be found in Salina. but she is enjoying a healthy, continuous growth, and so she will continue to in- 
crease in wealth and population, limited only by the possibilities of the great West and that magnificent 
State whose motto is fittingly inscribed " Ad astra per aspera .'" 




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Interior Salina National Bunk. 




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